• Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi (C) and National League for Democracy (NLD) party leader Tin Oo (front row, 3rd L) cut a ribbon during a ceremony to inaugurate their party's new signboard at the NLD's head office in Yangon January 9, 2012. The NLD will run for the upcoming by-election on April 1.
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    Burma: Promises of Change, But Abuses Continue

    Burma’s new government showed signs of change in 2011, but failed to seriously address the still dire human rights situation in the country.
     

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  • Burma: Promises of Change, But Abuses Continue
    Jan 23, 2012

    Burma’s new government showed signs of change in 2011, but failed to seriously address the still dire human rights situation in the country.
     

  • Burma: Political Prisoners Released
    Jan 13, 2012
    The release of key political prisoners on January 13, 2012 is a crucial development in promoting respect for human rights in Burma, but all remaining political prisoners should be freed immediately and unconditionally.
  • Burma's Prisons Should Not Be Off Limits to International Monitors
    Jan 6, 2012
    Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her party the National League for Democracy will participate in upcoming byelections in Burma this April. A presidential aide claims the NLD may one day rule the government. This could be a historic moment, but only if the country's remaining political prisoners are free and can participate.
  • Burma's Reality Check
    Dec 21, 2011

    Daunting challenges overshadow the reforms unfolding in a country long acknowledged to be one of the world’s most brutal.

  • Burma: Ensure Aid Access in Kachin State
    Dec 21, 2011
    The Burmese government should make a long-term commitment with humanitarian agencies to provide relief to Burma’s war-torn Kachin state.
  • ASEAN: Set Benchmarks for Burma on Rights
    Nov 16, 2011
    The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) should set clear human rights benchmarks for Burma as a condition for its chairmanship of the regional grouping in 2014.
  • Burma: A Year After Elections, Rights Concerns Persist
    Nov 3, 2011
    Positive actions by Burma’s new government should not obscure the serious human rights problems persisting in the country one year after the November 2010 elections.
  • Burma’s Continuing Human Rights Challenges
    Nov 3, 2011

    One year ago Burma conducted tightly controlled elections that transferred power from a ruling military council to a nominally civilian government in which the president and senior government officials are all former generals. In 2011 the new government has taken a number of positive actions, enacted new laws that purport to protect basic rights, and promised important policy changes. The real test, however, will be in the implementation of new laws and policies and how the government reacts when Burmese citizens try to avail themselves of their rights.

  • Japan’s Special Relationship with Burma?
    Oct 20, 2011

    The visit by Burma’s foreign minister to Japan this week, the first by such a senior official in 16 years, is an opportunity for Tokyo to put the long and vexed relationship between the two countries on the right track.

  • Japan: Press Burma’s Foreign Minister on Rights
    Oct 20, 2011
    Japanese officials should press Burma’s visiting foreign minister on the need for genuine reforms to improve human rights in Burma.
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